Door-hanger.



PATENTED APR. 21, 1903. A. E. RANDLE.

DOOR HANGER.

I I APYLIOATION FILED MAY 23, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER ELI RANDLE, OF GRAYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Batent No. 726,190,- dated April21, 1903.

Application filed May 23,1902. Serial No. 108,696. (No model.)

To all whom-itmay concern: 1 I

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ELI RAN- DLE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Grayville, in the county of White and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Door-Han ger, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices employed for suspending doors or otherclosures from horizontal tracks; and it has for its object to simplifyand improve the mechanism whereby the bearing pulleys or rollers aresupported, adjusted, and controlled and also to simplify and improve thesuspension-track and its supports.

Other novel features of the invention will appear in the accompanyingdescription and r be specified in the claims following.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a pairof doors and a section of the track with the im-.

proved hanger applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of'theoperativeparts detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line III III of Fig.2.

This device is applicable to any form of door orother similar closurearranged to move upon overhead horizontal tracks, and for the purpose ofillustration it is shown applied to ordinary doors. These hangers aregenerally applied to double doors, and in the drawings portions of apair of such doors are shown'at l0 10. The track is-generally in twosections, each section a little longer than twice the Width of thedoorand united centrally with a removable bridge-piece to provide for theremoval of the doors without disturbing the tracks, as hereinaftershown.

In the present invention portions of the two sections of the track areshown at 11 11 and are preferably of steel bars having rounded uppersurfaces, asshown inFig. .3. The

tracks are supported at intervals :by brackets 12, the brackets beingpreferably of sheetsteel bent to shape and engaging the track by beingpassed through apertures therein and riveted on the opposite side, asindicated in Fig. 1. The brackets will be connected by screws 12 orother means to the usual framing-timbers or to the studding,joist, orfloortimbers, according to the structure of the building, and I do notwish to be limited to any specific part of the building as a means ofsupporting the hangers, as theywill be attached to whichever part ismost convenient.

The ends of the track-sections are provided with gains or recesses 14,adapted to register with reversely-formedrecesses upon a short sectionof track 15, which forms a bridging piece to connect the adjacent endsof the track-sections. These recesses in the ends of the track andbridge sections are formed by forming at each end of said sections twospaced parallel longitudinally-extending arms 14 and 14", one of whichis made shorter than the other. The length of the bridging-sectiongwillcorrespond to the width of the hanger-frame, so that the doors .may. beremoved from the track, as hereinafter explained. a

Each end of each track-section will be provided with the recesses 14 toenable the tracks to be changed end for end, so that the track-sectionsmay be employedinterchangeably. This is a great convenience. andsimplifies the manufacture and use of the tracks.

The apertures in the adjacent. confronting ends of the track-sectionslland 11 and the connecting-bridge 15 for the reception of the brackets 12are continuationsof the recesses 14, and said brackets wil1,'as shown,not only engage said aperturesbut project over the horizontal surface ofthe recess, whereby the same screw which secures thebridge-piece to thetrack secures the brackets in the apertures.

The rollers or pulleys are represented at 16 and are formed withhalf-round concaved rims to engage the upper surface of the rails, asshown.

The hangers for the pulleys areof-sheet metal, preferably steel, andwill be struck up from asingle piece, with a front ormain portion 17 andrear portion 17*, bent around from the front portion and parallelthereto, the axle 16 for the pulley engaging the parts 17 and 17 by itsends, as shown. By this means the two parts 17 17 form a firm support tothe pulley on both sides. The part 17 extends downward, as at 17*, andis bent outward and upward, as at 17, and thence doubled backward uponitself and carried around in engagement with the extension 17 at 17, andthence outward again beneath the track, as at 17, and thence upwardparallel to the part 17" and in front of the track, as shown at 17Resting upon the outturned portion 17 is a plate 18, having a dependingrib or flange 18 extending between the portions 17 and 17 and secured inplace by a rivet 19, passing through the three portions, as shown.

The plate 18 extends below the lower line of the track and, inconjunction with the ground 17, will prevent the pulley from jumping thetrack.

The depending loop formed by the bend at 17 provides a hanger forsupporting a wedge-bar 20, the bar having a central recess to receivethe portion 17 d and prevent longitudinal movement of the bar.

The bar 20 is straight on its lower side and inclined on its upper sideand disposed above a base-plate 21, attached to the upper edge of thedoor, as shown.

Attached to the door or base-plate 21 on either side of the loop 17 arekeepers 22 22, embracing the wedge-bar and forming hangers for thesuspension of the base-plate from the wedge-bar and pulley-hanger, asshown. The keepers 22 22 are preferably formed of steel rods ininverted-U shape, with the legs passing through the base-plate 21 andriveted on the other side. By this arrangement it will be readilyunderstood by adjusting the keepers 22 22 longitudinally upon thewedgeblock the base-plate 21, together with the door connected to it,will be correspondingly adjusted Vertically.

The base-plate 21 is turned up at its outer end, as will be seen at 21,and this upturned end is provided with a perforation in which isrotatably mounted a screw-bolt 21", said screw-bolt being tapped intothe smaller end of the wedge-bar, as shown.

The screw-bolts are set at an incline, as shown,so that they can bereached by a screwdriver from below the hanger-slot to adjust themwithout removing the door, and will be swiveled in the projections 21,so as to have both a rotary movement and a vertical movement to providefor their proper action at all times upon the wedge-bars no matter whatthe position of the latter may be. By this means the door may beadjusted longitudinally with reference to the wedge-blocks to anyrequired extent whereby the same will be adjusted vertically. This makesa very simple, cheap, and inexpensive door-hanger of few parts, andtherefore not liable to become disarranged. It is very easily appliedand adjusted and will require much less labor and skill to place it inposition. It will operate fully as effectually as any of the moreexpensive and complicated devices employed for ,the same purpose andwith greater simplicity and ease. The pulleys will preferably beprovided with ball-bearings to reduce friction.

By forming the track semicircular on its traction side and the pulley 16to correspond the friction is greatly reduced and consequent wear andabrasion correspondingly reduced.

The device can be adapted to any-sized door, gate, or other closuresuchas doors in dwellings, or barn or warehouse-doors or sliding gates orother closuresand is admirably adapted to any locality Where suchsliding closures are employed.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. In adoor-hanger,a track having recesses in the ends, with aperturesextending inwardly from said recesses, brackets formed of sheet metaland engaging said apertures and extending into said recesses, bridgingtrack-section having recesses engaging said track-recesses and thebracket supported therein, and a bolt coupling said track-section,bridging-section and bracket, substantially as described.

2. In a door-hanger, a pulley-supporting frame having one side extendingdownwardly, doubled upon itself and bent to form a doorsupport, saidbent portion being extended laterally and upwardly to form a guard, incombination with a brace supported upon the lateral portion of the frameand bearing against the upwardly-extending guard to brace the latter. a

3. In a door-hanger, a pulley-supporting frame having one sideextendingdownwardly, doubled upon itself and bent to form a doorsupport,said bent portion being extended laterally and upwardly to form a guard,in

combination with a brace supported upon the lateral portion of the frameand bearing at one end against the upwardly-extending guard and havingits opposite end extended upwardly between the side members of thedoubled portion of the frame and there secured.

4. In a door-hanger, a pulley, a supportingtrack,a hanger-frame for saidpulley extended downwardly and formed into a loop, an inclined barengaged by said loop, a door, keepers engaging said bar on oppositesides of said loop and attached to said door, and means forlongitudinally adjusting said inclined bar, substantially as described.

5. In a door-hanger, apulley, asupportingtrack,a hanger-frame for saidpulley extended downwardly and formed into a loop, an inclined barengaged by said loop, a door, a base-plate carried by said door andhaving an upturned end, keepers attached to said In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as base-plate and engaging said inclined bar on myown I have hereto affixed my signature in opposite sides of said 100p,and an adjustingthe presence of two witnesses.

screw movably engaging said upturned end, ALEXANDER ELI' RANDLE'. 5 andadapted to adjust said inclined bar lon- Witnesses:

gitudinally in said keepers substantially as E.-P. BREMMAN,

described. H. L. RONALDS.

